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A.Saradha M.E., Ph.D., S.Thilagavathi M.C.A.,M.Phil., Head in CSE Department, Head & Asst. Prof in Comp Science IRTT College of Engineering Terfs Academy College of Arts&Sci Erode, India. Tirupur, India. Abstract Denial-of-Service attacks, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many Dos attacks, such as the Ping of Death ,Teardrop attacks etc., exploit the limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. like viruses, new Dos attacks are constantly being dreamed up by hackers. So the users have to take own effort of a large number of protected system such as Firewall or up-to-date antivirus software. If the system or links are affected from an attack then the legitimate clients may not be able to connect it.. This detection system is the next level of the security to protect the server from major problems occurs such as Dos attacks, Flood IP attacks, and also the Proxy Surfer. So these kinds of anonymous activities barred out by using this Concept. Key words: Dos attacks, Distributed Attacks, Methods, Existing System, Proposed System. 1. Introduction A Denial-of-Service attacks (Dos attacks) or Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks (DDos attacks) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. When this attack comes from in a single host or network mode, then it is simply refers to as Dos attacks. [8] Dos attacks generally occur basically in improper system design, insufficient resource.. This article is focused about the following problems CPU Usage Unauthorized user To Identify the IP Address To identify the Proxy server user intended service or obstructing the communication media between the intended users and the victim.[1][2][7] 3. Distributed Attacks A distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers. These systems are compromised by attackers using a variety of methods. It is important to note the difference between a DDoS and Dos attacks. If an attacker mounts an attack from a single host it would be classified as a Dos attacks. In fact, any attack against availability would be classed as a Denial of Service attacks[9] 4. Basic steps for attacking methodology 4.1 Plan to attack In an attacking methodology the attacker usually takes is to identify the characteristics of an attack. 4.2 Secure a network If the network and host are fully secured, then the applications becomes the next channel for attack. 4.3 Prevention They also seek out the high level of privileges offered by the local system account. 4.4 Secure Files Log files should be secured, and they should be analyzed on a regular basis. 107

2. Denial-of-Service Attack Dos attacks target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways and even root name servers. For example, it is also used in reference to CPU resource management. A common method of attack involves saturating the target machine with external communications requests, such that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic, or responds so slowly as to be rendered essentially unavailable. Such attacks usually lead to a server overload. Dos attacks are implemented by either targeted computer(s) to reset, or consuming its resources so that it can no longer provide its Integrated Intelligent Research (IIR)

Vol 01, Issue 02, December 2012 International Journal of Data Mining Techniques and Applications http://iirpublications.com ISSN: 2278-2419 5. Existing System The most of the firewalls and security softwares where focusing on the Spy detection, Packet Filtering, Unwanted Site blocking, DNS protectors, and finally they are using CGI Scripting to protect the servers from the Attackers and Hackers. 5.1 Spy Detectors Spyware is a type of malware (malicious software) installed on computers that collects information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user and can be difficult to detect. Some spyware, such as key loggers, may be installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or public computer intentionally in order to monitor users. While the term spyware suggests software that monitors a user's computing, the functions of spyware can extend beyond simple monitoring. Spyware can collect almost any type of data, including personal information like Internet surfing habits, user logins, and bank or credit account information. Spyware can also interfere with user control of a computer by installing additional software or redirecting Web browsers. Some spyware can change computer settings, which can result in slow Internet connection speeds, un-authorized changes in browser settings, or changes to software settings. Sometimes, spyware is included along with genuine software, and may come from an official software vendor. In response to the emergence of spyware, a small industry has sprung up dealing in anti-spyware software. Running anti-spyware software has become a widely recognized element of computer security practices for computers, especially those running Microsoft Windows. A number of jurisdictions have passed anti-spyware laws, which usually target any software that is surreptitiously installed to control a user's computer. 5.2 Packet Filtering A firewall can either be software-based or hardware-based and is used to help keep a network secure. Its primary objective is to control the incoming and outgoing network traffic by analyzing the data packets and determining whether it should be allowed through or not, based on a predetermined rule set. A network's firewall builds a bridge between an internal network that is assumed to be secure and trusted, and another network, Integrated Intelligent Research (IIR) usually an external (inter)network, such as the Internet, that is not assumed to be secure and trusted. Many personal computer operating systems include software-based firewalls to protect against threats from the public Internet. Many routers that pass data between networks contain firewall components and, conversely, many firewalls can perform basic routing functions. 5.3 Unwanted Site blocking Pop-up ads or pop-ups are a form of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to attract web traffic or capture email addresses. Pop-ups are generally new web browser windows to display advertisements. The pop-up window containing an advertisement is usually generated by JavaScript using cross-site scripting (XSS), sometimes with a secondary payload using Adobe Flash, but can also be generated by other vulnerabilities/security holes in browser security. A variation on the pop-up window is the pop-under advertisement, which opens a new browser window hidden under the active window. Pop-under do not interrupt the user immediately and are not seen until the covering window is closed, making it more difficult to determine which web site opened them. 5.4 DNS protectors & DNS Hijacking As any other DNS hijacker, the DNS hijacking in Your PC Protector is to secure and purchase your PC Protector. Many different actions Your PC Protector can do is: Steal credit card numbers Hijack any antivirus software Include itself in Windows Add/Remove Programs Block iexplore.exe, explorer.exe, and taskmgr.exe Include its own cleanmgr.exe to clean up viruses. Updating so newer programs can be viruses. Infecting Malware bytes A web server that supports CGI can be configured to interpret a URL that it serves as a reference to a CGI script. A common convention is to have a cgi-bin/ directory at the base of the directory tree and treat all executable files within it as CGI scripts. 108

Vol 01, Issue 02, December 2012 International Journal of Data Mining Techniques and Applications http://iirpublications.com ISSN: 2278-2419 Another popular convention is to use filename extensions; for instance, if CGI scripts are consistently given the extension .cgi, the web server can be configured to interpret all such files as CGI scripts. In the case of HTTP PUT or POSTs, the user-submitted data is provided to the program via the standard input. The web server creates a small and efficient subset of the environment variables passed to it and adds details pertinent to the execution of the program. 5.5 CGI Scripting The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard method for web server software to delegate the generation of web content to executable files. Such files are known as CGI scripts; they are programs, often stand-alone applications, usually written in a scripting language 6. Proposed System The websites is the big media widely used by the peoples in this generation. In the problem wise web servers they facing big catastrophic like DOS, DDos attacks. Most of the attacker where planning to overload our servers CPUs. That kind of attack can be busted by using this concept. 6.2 Goals of this System i. Prevent another user from using network connection ii. Block a host or service iii. Traffic Monitoring iv. IP Address Traceout 6.3 Monitoring IP Address The user who enters into a server will be monitored by this method. The Users IP Address will be captured and stored into the database with the users details and the time of their login. Once the IP Address is stored in our database the users will continuously monitored by this method until the users logout from the server. 6.4 Ban list The Ban List is used to store the users IP address. 6.5 Possibilities of attacks After entered into the sites the user press F5 more than once then automatically this tool has to find out that the user had Attacker. During those times this system will block the user before entering into sites because the user may be an attacker. If the user enters into the server by using Proxy sites it is called harmful. 7.Features of Proposed System To detect the IP address. Slow down or restrict access for automated tools(HTTP DOS tools & Flood Tools, Brute force tools, Vulnerability scanners, etc.,) Save the server resources(Database, CPU, RAM, etc.,) under an attack DoS. Restrict access permanently or temporarily IP addresses. Notify yourself by email alerts when attacks begin. 8. Metrices of the Proposed System The IP address will show who are else comes inside. It can normalize the CPU usage. To avoid the Deadlocks The RAM will be stable when it is used. It can take care of the database injection or the cross out.

Figure 1- CPU Usage Level In the above graph CPU level is figured. Depending upon the graph the X axis ahows the level of the system and Y axis shows the user on it. It reveals when the users comes at a time in many numbers, the system becomes slow. 6.1 Why we are moving for this system? When a user entering to server for surfing the pages. But the attacker also enters into server by using the same IP Address what the users have. So that time this system wake up and monitors the users who enter into Server.

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Vol 01, Issue 02, December 2012 International Journal of Data Mining Techniques and Applications http://iirpublications.com ISSN: 2278-2419 It is used to prove that the user are authentication user by using recapturing techniques. 9. CONCLUSION: Denial of services and Dos service attacks is not easy to find out the attacks in the internet globe. It is because of the design of the internet. We can launch these type attacks by the available tools against the individual websites of routers servers and network traffic problems. It can prevent only legitimate transactions. There are number of limitations but recovery of DDoS and Dos attacks are very difficult. If we want to defeat this by having an effective mannering and challenging of internet with a dependent organization. We have so many technologies like Firewall, Intrusion detection system or update virus software. We cannot separate good traffic system from the more attacks. The Proposed system is used to show the Flood IP address and also it proves that the users are authentication user by using recapturing techniques. It can defend against blocking making it a good solution against the DDos attacks. References
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